Ring-holder



(No Model.)

' J. SMITH.

, RING HOLDER.

No. 483,399. Patented Sept. 27,1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS SMITH, OF TOMS RIVER, NEW' JERSEY.

RING-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,399, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application filed May 11, 1892.

Serial No, 432,659- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS SMITH, of Toms River, in the county of Oceanand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Ring-Holder,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in ring-holders; and the object ofmy invention is to produce a simple and adjustable holder which may bearranged in a tray, case, or in any other convenient way and which willhold any kind of a ring, as well as a ring of any ordinary size, andwhich also is adapted to hold any kind of jewelry having a ring or loopattached thereto.

A further object of the invention is to construct the holder so that itwill hold the ring or other article in a way to exhibit it to advantage.

To this end myinvention consists in a ringholder the construction ofwhich will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder as applied to an individualcase. Fig. 2 is a detail central vertical section of the holder proper,and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same.

The holder is provided with a suitable base 10,which is preferablyhollow and has an oval top, and in the top of the base is a recess 11,having a bottom 12 and back wall 13, which are preferably placed atright angles to each other, and the wall 13 of the recess is slotted, asshown at 14:, so as to receive the free end of a spring 15,which ispreferablya fiat spring and projects through the slot 14, the front endof the spring lying flatwise upon the bottom 12 of the recess. Thespring 15 extends backward into the hollow base 10 and is doubled uponitself, as shown at 16, at the back side of the base and has anupwardly-extending member 17, which abuts against and is secured to thetop wall of the base 10. The spring 15 presses downward upon the bottom12, and when a ring is to be placed in position one side of it is simplyslipped beneath the free end of the spring 15,the back edge of the ringlying against the wall 13 of the recess 11. The tension of the springwill hold the ring tightly in place, and the spring has sufficientvertical movement to permit any ordinary ring or other article having aloop to be secured beneath the spring.

For exhibiting rings and other articles a number of holders maybearranged in a tray, or each holder may be arranged in an individualcase, as shown in Fig. 1, in which case the holder is secured tothe baseportion 18 of the case l9,which case may be of any approvedconstruction, and the top surface of the holder and spring may becovered with plush or other material to make it as attractive aspossible. It will be noticed that the bottom 12 of the recess 11 forms ashelf upon which the flat spring 15 presses, and it will be understoodthat the form of the base may be changed to suit the taste. It will befurther observed that in the holder, as shown, the free end of thespring 15 is the only exposed part of it, and this may be covered orornamented, so that the holder will be fully as handsome as the ordinaryholder having a fixed top.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an improved article of manufacture, a ring-holderconsisting in the raised or hollow base 10, having a recess 11 in theupper side at one end, the recess having a bottom wall 12 and a backwall 13, provided with a slot 14:, and the spring 15 within the base andprojecting at one end through the slot 14 and across the bottom wall 12of the recess 11, substantially as set forth.

JULIUS SMITH.

Witnesses:

C. S. HASLETT,

W. B. SINeLEToN.

